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This paper describes an exhibit currently be shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibit features ancient...
This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...
Near-death experiences (NDE) have been reported since ancient times. Even Plato reported one. In recent decades, there have been t...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...
however, a rich oral tradition. Many who study this oral tradition, unfortunately, tend to lump all of these cultures stories und...
time period, from around 3100-2686 BC the Egyptians had their "Early Egyptian dynastic period, with a succession of kings that str...
peers by acclamation rather than divine right. The thane is spoke of as a "giver of treasure in gladness" (Beowulf 46). In other w...
image of solidity (Amazingart.com). Another author indicates the following in terms of its construction and design: "This ziggura...
of the Persian Empire" (Herodotus, 2006). Herodotus begins his story with "an account of the first western monarch to enter into c...
This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...
This essay pertains to the characters of Gilgamesh and Achilles and how they each warrior-heroes representing their culture. The w...
The major challenge in constructing histories of Israel and Judah is the fact that they were individuals but they also had cities ...
under them split asunder; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonge...
During the first several centuries, war was a constant state of being in different parts of the world. This essay focused on war i...
were and what they sought in a ruler. That the king was to represent the highest values and virtues of society is evident from sch...
the concepts of order and harmony rendered ancient Kemet a strong and prosperous society: very long-lived civilization; very prosp...
According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...
(Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). But it declined from the end of the Ming Dynasty until 1949, when the Chinese government "b...
Crete ("Barbarians," 1999). The region was very peaceful. In fact, there has been only scant evidence of a military force ("Barbar...
changed, shaped by events which have unfolded. Greek society was also shaped by the events which unfolded. In Ipthigenia at Auli...
him names and just generally egging Pericles on. Pericles said nothing as this man followed him all around town until, upon reachi...
of pattern and design. Just as modernity favors certain fabric, colors and patterns, the people of an earlier era wanted to beauti...
This 6 page paper compares and contrasts two Greek vases, one from the Archaic period and the other from the Late Geometric period...
from the Olmec cradle could have entered its grave. But the Mesoamerican ethos survived. It contracted, and then began to spread a...
the cause (2003). Again, while today it seems that psychology has focused on physical causes, as history progressed from ancient t...
(Ancient Egyptian Religion, 2003). In terms of origin tales, the Egyptians had several ideas about how the world began (...
addresses the divine" (Smith PG). Greek mythology is replete with examples of how anthropomorphic gods influenced cultural behavi...
to promote schools, schools where medical pursuits were blended with the ecclesiastical (Draper, 1992). These schools would ultima...
2003). Because these boxes were so magnificent and rare, they were often popular booty or war prizes claimed by Assyrian kings (C...